Unraveling the Roots of Austronesian Peoples: New Archaeological Insights from China
Archaeological finds in Fujian offer new insights into Austronesian origins, suggesting complex migrations linked to agriculture and cross-Strait interactions.
Tag: “Out of Taiwan” model (Austronesian migration)
Model proposed by Peter Bellwood of the Australian National University of a seaborne human migration by Austronesian-speaking populations from South China and Taiwan into Southeast Asia from around 3,000-1,000 BCE.
Pang Pang Excavation Unlocks Mysteries of the First Pacific Settlers
via Cosmos, 15 September 2023: Indigenous archaeologists and international researchers unearth Lapita pottery shards at Pang Pang, Vanuatu, shedding light ...
[Paper] The loss of biodiversity in Madagascar is contemporaneous with major demographic events
via Current Biology, 04 November 2022: A new paper by Alva et al. links a major loss of biodiversity in ...
[Paper] Is Malayo-Polynesian a primary branch of Austronesian? : A view from morphosyntax
via Diachronica, 16 May 2022: This paper by Chen et al. takes a look at the linguistic evidence for the ...
[Paper] Sequence analyses of Malaysian Indigenous communities reveal historical admixture between Hoabinhian hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers
via Scientific Reports, 12 August 2022: A paper by Angkhanian et al takes a closer look at the genetic sequences ...
[Paper] Early Austronesians Cultivated Rice and Millet Together: Tracing Taiwan’s First Neolithic Crops
via Frontiers in Plant Science, 22 July 2022: Analysis of plant remains in northern Taiwan indicate that rice and millet ...
Treasure trove of prehistoric tools found in Oluanpi
via Taipei Times, 28 July 2022: Shell tool production site unearthed in Southern Taiwan, revealing connections with Austronesian sites in ...
[Paper] Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers
via Science, 30 June 2022: A new genetic study of nearly 300 ancient and modern humans in Micronesia suggests five ...
[Paper] Preceramic riverside hunter-gatherers and the arrival of Neolithic farmers in northern Luzon
via Antiquity, 01 June 2022: A paper by Hung et al. looking at the interactions between indigenous hunter-gatherers and immigrant ...
[Paper] Ancient genomes from the last three millennia support multiple human dispersals into Wallacea
via Nature Ecology and Evolution, 09 June 2022: Genome sequences from 16 ancient humans shed light on the population explosion ...
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